Deseret Evening News | 1901-10-12 | Page 18 | A Prehistoric Animal Recently Discovered

A PREHISTORIC ANIMAL AN UrAL RECENTLY DISCOVERED I I I II l r R 1 r t V r r The greatest find hind of recent years In the way WilY of ot new noW animals wa Will that of ot the wonderful okapi o brought to light In central Africa by b Sir Harry Johnson special British commissioner for Uganda It Il Is shown In tho the accompanying il JI illustration Stanley heard of it on one ore of his hia exploring trips but never saw It lu Allied to the prehistoric the bones liones of or which were once dug dur from the miocene deposits of or ancient Greece It forms forma n connecting link between be between between tween that lint animal and anti the giraffe Is In fact tact a sort of at z zebra with long lone Ion neck hind legs longer than the fore tore and vividly colored stripes A skin and bones bonee have been sent to England where they will be mounted for tor exhibition at atthe atthe the tho South Kensington museum